Re: Feature queries

On 12/10/09 1:33 AM, Bert Bos wrote:
> 2) We aren't worth our name as standards organization if we can't make a
> standard that is actually implemented.

I think part of the issue is that authors are trying to use things that 
are not in REC yet (e.g. CSS3 features that are in CR or even earlier, 
with vendor prefixes).  We do want to enable authors to use these 
without their sites falling apart in the process; that's the only way to 
gather implementation experience.  That's the main reason for coming to 
support having feature-detection on my part...

> We're not doing designers a favor
> by recommending that UAs implement a little bit here and another bit there.

I don't believe anyone is recommending that.

I do believe that if we plan to keep introducing features we need 
something like this.  If we have no such plans, of course, then we 
probably don't...

-Boris

Received on Thursday, 10 December 2009 09:46:13 UTC